one of the university businesses is research. in our case, it is research and partnership with the corporate sector and government. technology is the driver. it is ubiquitous. it is part of everything. i go back to the days when you view technology as separate from things. now, it is embedded in everything. everything. >> just to follow up on her question and something you said at the beginning, you said that one of the goals of gmu is to support the high-tech businesses in northern virginia. how do you do that? >> it begins with the reason of why there is a george mason university. it is a very young university. it is only 37 years old. in some sense, it grew up with the high-tech business of northern virginia. that is in terms of providing graduates and in terms of doing research and other kinds of activities with the high-tech companies. we are partnered in so many ways with the technology companies. the technology boom of northern virginia and the boom of george mason university are in parallel. they happen at the same time. w

gm used consistently described as one of the most wired universities and america. practically, what does that mean? >> guest: it has been involved in information technology. this begins by supporting the information technology community, also making sure we have plenty of technology on campus to support our students, faculty and staff. we take information technology very seriously. it probably doesn't hurt that i, as the president, and a computer scientist. we view these technologies for our students and faculty, like the council of old, you have got to have them, it is fascinating when they work, everyone takes them for granted. when something goes wrong everybody notices because everyone has become so dependent on information technology for research, learning, communicating, doing the business at the university. >> host: what kind of investment does george mason makes in hardware and computers? >> guest: at the senior level of the university we make sure there is a commitment to information technology. i have a chief confirmation officers who reports directly to m

james ramsey, president of the university, and he's behind coach pitino. unless something else comes out which is entirely possible at this point, it's been crazy for the last frour months, so as long as we have all the facts right now it sounds like nothing else will happen to coach pitino that he will not be suspended. won't take a leave abscents and will be back on the bench next season. >> real quick. the president of the school, james ramsey, knew of this but some details surprised him. what are the details that surprised him as this fally came to light? >> he has not said specifically. we can assume i guess the abortion thing i think was probably something that maybe he hadn't heard. >> okay. >> that's the only thing that kind of was shocking, had a shock factor around here and all over the country yesterday. maybe that was it, but he hasn't said much on the matter. >> gotcha. steven ainchlgts, joining us again. if this is about money and wins, when you -- we did a little research. forbes.com laying it out there, louisville basketball the most profita

disrepute or is dishonest to the university. and of all the things that have happened here, maybe you say that even providing money for an abortion doesn't rise to the level of termination. maybe the fact that he engaged in an extramarital affair doesn't rise to that level. but if he lied or was dishonest or not completely honest when he had the discussions with the university that's very serious and you're absolutely right. are they willing to tolerate that? >> we showed the contract, if they wanted, they've got grounds to fire him if they were to choose to do so. let's get a caller in. shannon, what do you think here? what should happen? shannon? >> caller: oh, hello. >> hey, shannon, go ahead. >> caller: i have two comments. first of all, i don't think that he should be fired because he made a mistake, he committed adultery but if you take man and woman out in america and committed adultery and fire them for that, you're going to have a lot of people on the unemployment line. my second comment is, i have to destroy with you ab

we talked with the president of the university dr. james ramsey today. he seems to be behind coach pitino. we'll see. unless something else comes out, which is entirely possible at this point, i mean, it's been crazy for the last four months. so as long as we have all the facts right now, it sounds like nothing else will happen to coach pitino, that he will not be suspended, window take a leave of absence, and will be back on the bench next season. >> real quick, ken, the president of the school, james ramsey, knew about this, but some details surprised him. what are those details that surprised him? as this fully came to light. >> he has not said specifically -- we can assume, i guess, the abortion thing was probably something that maybe he hadn't heard. we can only assume that maybe that. that's the only thing that kind of was shocking -- had a shock factor around here and all over the country yesterday. maybe that was it. but he hasn't really said much on the matter. >> got you. stephen a. joining us again. is this just about money and wins? we did a l

appalling situation at the university of oregon. rned that the taxpayer university is overwhelmed by liberal democrats. according to voter registration forms. out of 186 professors of political science, law, economics, journalism or socialology. 115 are democrats. ready? 8 are republicans. 8 out of 186. that kind of political tilt should be unacceptable to a state run university. so, we sent factor producer dan bank to speak to the university of oregon provost james bean. >> do you feel this is a fair educational system paid for by the taxpayers? >> i don't know that that's true. >> well, we went throughout records and we found that's true. you have a responsibility to the taxpayers to answer these questions. you know, you know, a university that respects diversity values diversity of opinion and that's not what the university of oregon is doing right now. and you are a campus leader, sir. your voice should be heard. >> thank you. no comment. >> sir, no comment? bill: obviously not. joining us from san francisco, radio talk show host

i think that the university's president pointed that out. this is also about leadership and leadership is not just a quality in good times. it's a quality in difficult times. and the way that coach pitino stood up, faced the music with his family, forge rigthrightly addressed it with the public even though watz a private matter and addressed potential recruits as well. i think he showed leadership. and that is something that the university might embrace. >> on this point of leadership ' he apologized to his family, friends, university, and sports writers. but let's listen to what jeff pearlman of "sports illustrated" wrote about all. this >> if we're talking about leadership, has he failed that test of leadership by this happening? >> i think he has. i think he failed his own test of leadership. does that mean that he doesn't keep his job? no, i think he is going to keep his job. i think they're different conferences, john. but the way rick pitino led his life, the motivational speaking he has done which now certainly has to be in question wh

his dad had been president of the state university. and so, he'll think was quite surprised, as the right in my essay in the secretary, how could he make it without the secretary giving you information? it was the secretary told me, i am not sure what the chair is thinking about. you should look at the stiller letters people have written about you. so, he was in many ways shocked that i was tenure at the university of maryland and about the quality of the letters of the gatekeepers, in all forms and all colors. thank you. [applause] >> as you can say-- see when we entered the university we brought new research issues with us and also new research subjects so i want to thank you so much sharon for that. some of you may be wondering about the nature of the book, telling histories. is top heavy for obvious reasons, with people who are tenured. [laughter] yes, so i was particularly pleased when our last contribute their agreed to share her story of becoming an historian with us because she wasn't tenured at the time. and she still is not, s

he was great for the university of kentucky. i feel that what he does in his personal life as well as anybody else, that was his business. and i think the man has a fair chance. he's done really great for the louisville team, and he needs to stay on. you couldn't ask for a better coach. and that's my opinion. >> okay. i'll just say this. again, he's a great coach. you know, after what we know now, i'm not sure about great man. and he admitted to the indiscretion. but when you're a father of five and you're a coach and you're a role model and you're the face of louisville, he's not some chump coach. rick pitino's one of the best in the game. when you think of the university of louisville, you think of rick pitino. name someone more famous associated with that school currently. i can't think of anybody. >> mike, i have a question, though. >> go ahead, stephen. >> i understand how you feel. but the question is, again -- and i say this repeatedly, and it makes a lot of females uncomfortable. you never know what's going on inside of s

most of the mass of the universe is dark. we think that these may be in the form of some exotic subatomic particles which, if we are really lucky, maybe the larger collider the geneva will actually discovered. 72% is in the form of this dark energy. here comes the embarrassing part -- we don't really have a clue what this energy is. we know its effects. it is speeding the universe up, but we don't know what it is. you remember that 70% of the earth is covered with water. imagine that we do not have a clue what water is. this is the situation we are currently in. next topic, the distance scale and the age of the universe. edward hubble, after from our telescope is named, discovered in the 1920's that the universe is expanding, but he discovered something more than that. he discovered that there is a tight relations between the distance between -- distance a certain galaxies and the distance it is speeding from us. once you have a relation between the distance and the speed, and the relation, but the way, is linear so if somethi

rick pitino, the head coach at the university of louisville, it is speaking out after admitting to having sex with a woman who is now charged with trying to extort him. >> this is not a good situation for anybody, for the woman, for the code, or the university. a kentucky woman is charged with lying to the fbi and trying to extort money from coach rick pitino. police records reveal that he admitted to having consensual sex with karen sypher in 2002. he says he gave her $3,000 for health care. she claims she was raped twice by the coach and demanded more than $10 million. he said tonight he cannot talk about the extortion case but the married father of five did apologize for his indiscretion with having sex with the woman and said this about his future. >> i plan on, regardless of how difficult the situation it is, to coach at the university of louisville for as long as i can. i love the game, my players, i love this university as well as this community. >> he does have a clause in his contract but the university says he has told them the truth about what happened a right now his job is sa

at the university of chicago, three years, three years? when she walked off the stage northwestern grabbedher. she's a full professor at northwestern university. she was also inducted in a national education academy about two years ago. there's only 225 members and she's one of this em. and go to your workshop and she will ask your questions more accurately than i can. >> all right. i'd like to thank y for coming. >> i had a question. >> hi, how are you? my name is a my, per conditions. how are you and i just had a question. u can answer pretty quickly, i guess. but what you authors found out about yourselves by writing the biographies of, you know, mr. kojo is the biography you wrote for, what was it mr. weber and, you know, writing about the grandfather, mr. johnson. and then what you learned about writing this memoir, this autobiography of, you know, yourself over the first 21 years of your lives and, you know, how it came full circle by publishing the books that you've written? >> i keep going back to the first question. in terms of wha

the university's president says the school needs to cut nearly $15 million from the 2010 budget. the university will also add new course options, including masters level courses for aspiring professionals in an effort to generate revenue. >>> president obama says his stimulus plan has moved the economy away from a dangerous ledge and several indicators including the stock market suggest the economic crisis may be easing. abc's john cochran reports. >> reporter: the bulls are loose on wall street. the dow closed with the best month in nearly seven years. the nasdaq hasn't had a jewel this good since 1997. >> you have to remember, you can get double digit returns when you are coming from such a low point, so the move is exceptional but it's in the face of double digit downward moves that we had prior. >> reporter: but could this still be a signal that the worst of the recession is over? the latest economic analysis from washington shows a 1% negative growth rate for the country, much less than was feared. many economists are now looking for growth in the second half of this year. t

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the outside or inside a room at towson university? big town hall meeting about health care that is sure to stir a lively debate. >>> no miracle on the hudson this time. this time sadness and sorrow and investigation into why a plane and helicopter collided. >>> and "good morning america" will be live at the university of maryland school of medicine as human testing for the h1n1 vaccine begins. that and more up to gma time at 7:00. >>> but first let's start with maryland's most powerful doppler radar and justin berk. >> we may have an isolated shower popping up this afternoon. we sound the all clear, all dry now. just a little fog up 95 in harford and cecil county where you had a storm roll through yesterday evening. look at downtown baltimore. we're blowing the clouds out, hazy sun coming up and 80 already on the thermometer. feeling like 83. it's not even 7:00 in the morning. look at this, 78 degrees and training camp begins before 9:00, smart? 78 degrees, feel like 8 2 in westminster. at the beach, 76 rehoboth. water temperature ther

. >>> the university of maryland began testing children for the swine flu vaccine. health officials at the university of maryland school of medicine held trials yesterday in annapolis and frederick. young adults and seniors who volunteer will also get the first doses of the vaccine. the university is one of many sites across the country selected to test out this new vaccine. >>> in annapolis you're looking at dozens rallying against budget cuts for programs that help the disabled. another round of cuts are expected next week and those cuts could affect the developmental disability administration. supporters chanted "no more cuts" and save our services at the rally next to the statehouse. one howard county parent had this to say to governor o'malley. >> don't cut the budget. these are people who are really in need. if you cut the budget then you're really going to be cutting the people who need your help the very most. please, mr. governor, don't cut our budget. >> the o'malley administration will submit more than $400 million in budget cuts to the board of public wo

the bigger universe for this planet are beckoning. ientifically, exploration- wise, and in the minds of many of the people who have to do it. i maintain it going to mars someday with humans is both scientifically compelling but is also compelling in its own right as an example of what we can actually do in the domain of high-technology in space. i would like to finish with the thought that you have not seen anything yet. sorry to have this moving again. it is loaded up again. i would like to finish with this thought. mars is the fourth planet from the sun. here's my daughter in the sixth grade giving a presentation about mars to her buddies, 120 kids in broward county. but i show this because they were interested enough to ask for a writ. a bunch of random americans sixth grade girls and boys wanted to hear about the universe through the eyes of mars. that is what we are presented with today as our nation deliberates and the nations in the world, how to get to mars. the science from the program has been inspiring. as compelling as the

at the university of california so once i was admitted into the union that can expel me now, so maybe some would like to come up but i am here. >> do you feel a reaction? to you? >> no, i think people respect me. a number of hysteria ins wonder-- historians wonder how eccentric i am to be a conservative in this day and age especially within the historical profession. >> why did you start on the lifton now you are on the right? >> that's changed was kind of a long change. in fact they think it is a difficult for historians to declare themselves republican or conservative. your in a general milieu of people who were on the left. usually on the left of the democratic party so i remember i was in poland up for a year in the teaching program in the election of 1988. i went to vote at the embassy and we had-- they gave us ballots and i was filling the mao next to my wife who is a strong democrat at that point and i said i think i am going to vote for george w. bush. she said, h. w. bush, thank you for correcting me, h.w. bush. she said if you do i'm going to go back until everybody up the u

in our the university of maryland taking part this the trials. beth parker got a look oat the research today. here with more now, beth. >> most people get their new shots in the fall but some are taking swine flu shots safe and effective as possible. >> reporter: devon has weighed in and had his blood pressure checked. he's a college sophomore but on this day a volunteer. >> not really a fan of shots, but i mean it is just one little quick prick. i will be okay. >> reporter: he is getting a shot of an inactive version of the h1n1 virus. that is swine flu. >> i just thought it was an interesting opportunity. i have never done something like this before and the swine flu seems to be grabbing the country country. >> reporter: the university of maryland school of medicine is one of nine sites an the wasn't where researchers are working to test different version 0 the swine flu vaccine. the university of maryland study is designed to find out three things, how many doses a person needs, how big should the doses be and how fast does it work. >> which a

the problem. they have worked very hard at it. i don't know a single university or college that doesn't have on-campus programs. i know at the distilled spirits council, we ran a series of conferences over a four or five year period looking at the campus and community. you don't want kids to get pushed off campus and drinking in the community. you don't want the community to push them off in secret drinks. the campus is a hard, hard problem. it is a cultural issue and starts with parents. >> a lot of kids get their first drink in the home from parents who are helping to make them more social or for other adults and the whole idea whether it is popular culture we report the stories of the party universities every year and basically they are partying because they are drinking. the media isn't helping this but what can a parent do? we have a number of parents reporting to campus right now. >> parents have to realize they have more influence with their young adult students than they believe they do. all the studies show that. kids are still listening to you. the firs

and we're live and we have the story from the university of maryland school of medicine. >> jessica. >> good evening, the trials for a new flu vaccine will start right here on monday. meanwhile the government is trying to figure out how to prepare schools should a child come in infected with the virus. >>> more than 700 schools throughout the u.s. closed their doors during last

. >>> students and professors at the university of virginia are taking extra precautions aer several cases of swine flu or reported. four days into the fall semester, nine cases of the virus have been reported on the charlottesville campus. the university says it is taking steps to quarantine students. >> this year, one of my professors address the issue in class. they said did not come if you feel sick. >> a said it will do everything they can to keep students help the in the university is expecting a big shipment of swine flu vaccine in mid october and plans to vaccinate as many students as possible. >>> 18 years after she disappeared, she is read that with her family. the new twist in the already bizarre kidnapping case. >> it has been four years since hurricane katrina ripped through new orleans. next, the city mayor is still being criticized. >> still time to grab tickets for the second- the sec announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car

the university of maryland assistant registrar, nick lowery. >> we look at numbers as they come out and the numbers are going up and up and up. >> if the grants are not processed, students would see a delay in supplies, housing assistance and tuition. the va has reached out to the states and schools to strongly encourage them to demonstrate flexibility when working with students receiving education benefits. >> the university set up a system where we are in direct contact so that students do not have difficulties with the registration. >> while the university will help with tuition until the va can catch up, students will have to pay for the rest until the va can pay them back. most of flowers, a veteran, says she is already living paycheck to paycheck. >> we depend on that money. a specially not being able to work full time when you are in school full time. >> even a few weeks delay is a big deal. a specially for the young veterans who may have to look for other means of support. >> a lot of our service members are very young and they do not necessarily have a great credit history and

the s.a.t. seems to matter so much. keep in mind, universities use the s.a.t. universities making the s.a.t. optional, will we soon see the day when the s.a.t. will go away? tomorrow we'll explain why critics say that's unlikely. too many people they say make too much money off the s.a.t. >> some of those figures are pretty staggering, as well. is there a difference between the s.a.t. or a.c.t. coming to what colleges consider? >> some of the colleges making s.a.t. optional take the a.c.t. instead. the difference, the a.c.t. is based in the midwest and usually midwest students take that test. s.a.t., usually the northeast corridor take the s.a.t. or out west. this morning, we do want to know what you think about the s.a.t. is it valuable? is it fair? i want you go to cnn.com/amfix and comment on my blog. interested to know what parents think out there. and also, kids who are about to take the s.a.t. >> as a parent of two who took the s.a.t., i know there's a lot of stress. great piece. thanks. tomorrow we're revealing the salaries of the people for s.a.t., it's

police found weapons at his home on that same day. >>> a dangerous fox may be on the loose at the universityvirginia campus. >> they believe the anal may have distemper. police say the woman did not come in contact directly with the fox. people are being warned to take caution. >> the only way we know the fox is sick is if it is acting peculiar. if he is staggering are falling down. most of the time he has distemper. >> they have set traps hoping to catch the sec fox. >>> 6:15. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we have a big situation lisa baden is monitoring on 395. >> northbound 395, accident is after glebe road put before the exit to washington boulevard. here we are north of kaine history. traffic is going under king street. next we go northbound 395 further ahead to show you their approach out of shirlington. now we take you to the scene of the crash that is just after glebe road but before you get to washington boulevard. 270 you have a csh. no crashes on the beltway. now to the weather. >> we're keeping an eye this morning on tropical storm danny. winds are gustin

to the university officials. and most important, the people that love me the most, my family and friends. >> all right. let's lay out everything for you here. this happened six years ago. came to light when karen sypher was charged with trying to extort $10 million from pitino. coach? athletic department says, a million percent behind rick pitino. one of the many questions and talking points coming out of this. what kind of message does that send? a player would probably get kicked off a team after a scandal like this. but the coach? the role model? father figure? the guy who should be held to a higher standard, he stays? call in, 1-877-tell-hln. joining us to talk about it, brian is a sports attorney. also with us, back with us, kent taylor, reporter from prime news affiliate wave. joining me again on the phone, colleague, friend, stephen a. smith, journalist, former anchor, espn, great to have everybody back. kent, let me start with you, you're there in louisville. is there any talk of any kind of punishment for

. >> the university of maryland school of medicine is taking part in the trial of the vaccine. >>> getting the most when it comes to sun veen may not be enough to look at the label. some of the claims on the bottles are misleading. there's apparently no such thing as all-day protection and products that have an spf of 80, 90 or 100 could give us a false sense of security. 50 is about the highest level of protection there is and changes to the system are in the works. >> the new fda rulings will eliminate the word "water-proof" and allow for water-resistant. >> the fda has been working on it two years now. no word on when it will take effect. >>> a haircut for a good cause. how this fund-raiser is helping hundreds of very special students. the stories still to come. >>> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. looking at a pretty warm weekend with plenty of sunshine. looks like we're going to see things heating up as we go through the work week and we're going to continue to see chances for showers towards the middle of the week. looking outside right now, hd skycam inner harbor relatively quiet

superior to say to harvard in that regard because -- or to cambridge because the math room at the university of cambridge is there g-it doesn't have the breadth of geography and the areas associated with it. so i'm completely indebted to the library as are so many scholars i see in this room. now, the title of my talk is the arc of ambition, charles darwin, geologists. the arcs rise and fall. and that's what i'm going to talk about today, the rise and fall of darwin's earliest grand ambition. his ambition to create a theoretical basis for the science of geology. his basic idea was that geology would turn out to be simple. that's what he said. geology will turn out simple. and the simplicity came in his mind from a balancing of forces between the rise of the earth's crust, elevation and its fall, subsidence. so he thought when geologists figured this out, rise and fall, they'd really understand geol y geology. the current foupgs -- foundation for plate tectonics it is quite simple. his theory in a strange way resonates with what turned out to be true. well, the story i'm going to tell today t

at the university of kansas, there are 200 suspected cases. 100 cases at the university of tennessee, and more than 50 cases reported at the university of alabama. >> every time i see somewhere, i can wash my hands. i'm pretty careful what i touch. >> reporter: at the university of maryland, students are getting a crash course on hygiene, the moment they arrive on campus. >> we want students not to attend class if they're not -- if they're feeling ill, and we have asked them to prepare food kits for themselvess so they can have nourishment and fluids and fear medications in their own residences. >> reporter: other schools are handing out hand sanitizer and even teaching cough etiquette. >> we're trying to get folks to recognize that they need to be prepared. >> reporter: experts say students, faculty and staff who feel any flu symptoms should isolate themselveses in their dorm rooms or home. this could help prevent the flu from person to person. >> there is a feeling of autumn in the air. even though the calendar says august, bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning wea

every year they come out with this edition of ranking the best colleges and universities. average cost now, and i'm rounding these numbers up, the average cost now for a public college education per annum in this country now is $25,000. for the public education. for a private school now, the average cost now is $40,000 per year. your thoughts on those numbers? >> they are high and they are getting high at a rate that we think is accelerating maybe too fast. a couple of things are happening. part of this part of that $100 billion is part of early investment in early childhood. $70 billion for k-12. north of $30 billion to increase access to higher education. increase pell grants and perkins loans and tax credits. at the back end, we put in income-based repayments so that folks that want to enter the public sector or want to be teachers or go into the nonprofit community will have a chance to do these things and not have these overwhelming levels of debt to prohibit them from following their passion. and what i think is going to happen, we've tried to put again unprecedented

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magazine asks the university president and admissions officials to nominate schools that are making improvement on academics, faculties, diversity and facilities. president of the university tells us why he is so proud of the ranking. >>it's cool to be smart. there's a lot of smart students here whether they're in humanities or science. they're working on critical problem inside our society. >>u.s. news placed unbc number four on a list of universities most committed to teaching undergraduates tying with stanford and douglas, princeton, jail and brown. >>>in the u.s. naval academy making the list as one of america's best colleges. the naval academy ranks 5th for best undergraduate engineering program and 19th for liberal arts colleges. if you'd like to read more the edition of college rankings hits news stands next monday. >>>and still on the subject of lists, when it comes to restrooms baltimore's tree month hotel comes in at number twoo in the nation. it was chosen for beautiful imported marble, grand columns, chandeliers and hand carved wood wa

udc president here just a year is about to open the university to about 8,000 fall students in just a few weeks. he's launching the plan to make the school more welcoming. >> there will be radical changes. the plaza which is not particularly nice or useful will be totally green. we'll make sure that this is becoming a place that people want to come to. we'll have a garden cafe, foegs. >> reporter: barbara, in charge of the makeover, says a bad campus doesn't inspire students. >> it didn't send the message that we wanted to row mote. it's obvious in a this universi university. >> it's kind of old fashioned, but i hope that it looks. better once they finish doing what they're doing. i see new improvements since i've been here and it's nice. >> reporter: beyond physical changes, he's leading a total revamp of the university mission with more academic emphasis in its four year programs. >> we're doing rigorous program reviews, looking at every program we have in the baccalaureate and masters level. >> reporter: with all the change, the main goal is to make this university equal to or bett

the economy should answer yes. what about this economist? tony with us professor and health economist at university of illinois chicago. online items after the show, head to our website to see why bank failures could start picking up pace for the rest of the year. plus, why one market pro thinks worries over commercial real estate are overblown. and....it's christmas in august...what retailers are doing now to help edge out competition later when it comes to holiday shopping...you can catch these stories and more on our website, firstbusinessx.com. and straight ahead on the show.... why it's never too early to start talking about finances with children...some tips on how to start the conversation....after the break. the birds and bees talk may be tough enough for parents but thanks to the recession, many may find themselves having a dollars and cents conversation with their kids. lynette khalfani-cox calls herself the money coach. one " and the show of there so much about money is tied to the motion tell be rationally begin to have the money conversation with kids? first i think you have to recogni

and it all started at the university of minnesota. flip was a basketball star turned assistant head coach while vinny was a recruiting coordinator for the football team. both of these guys obviously are now back in d.c. together and they talked about their friendship as they sat down for lunch with me. >> i qut a chance to know vin pli when i was in school. and we actually -- he played basketball and roomed together. we recruited hill when he came to minnesota. so it's always funny how things have a tendency to come back around. >> i was in high school when flip was the point guard and their warm-up was what everybody wanted to watch because they did the harlem globe trotters warm-up and flip was the guy out there with like three balls and doing all that. >> really? >> yeah. >> what's a fish burger? >> it's really good. i am going to do the fish burger. >> i'll have the goat cheese salad. that's small, rit? and then i'll have the fish burger. >> a that's the fish burger depend? >> so when you found out that you were coming here or when

the university of maryland dental school. when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. >>> marty's over in the first warning weather center. >> still in the mid-70s and the winds are calm. it's a stuffy morning. hagerstown almost at 80. cumberland at 74. 78 annapolis. 76. a great shot this morning. the center of high pressure over the carolinas. you see the rotation around the northern side of this high. it's interesting. last night about 6:00 -- between 6:00 and, had a, you know, got one of those little zesty thunderstorms. skies remained clear overnight and will remain so until it stops dead in its tracks. that's going to kick off the thunderstorm and break the back of this heat. the record will be 100. that was set in 1900. tonight may be a thunderstorm, 72. tomorrow here comes that front and i think we're going to see some thunderstorms with a high of 93 degrees. right back to about 88. 82 thursday. 84 friday. 86 degrees on saturday. very pleasant weather pufing our way. sglu want to go out for a drive soon here's sh

university. these changes come with a hefty price tag. tuition at the school be comparable with state universities in virginia and maryland. >>> city officials and the d.c. residents. at the live report is straight ahead. >> plus, another hot and steamy day today. are there more like this ahead? doug hill is back with the full forecast. >> day six of training camp, and look who is back. p >>> turned on the porch light, is national night out. >> the close dow reach events to prevent crime. and they're acting an extra element. >> national night out has officially started here in the district. along with the police chief and other officers, they are essentially mingling with hundreds of d.c. residents. it is no coincidence that tonight is also all hands on deck. every officer in the force is working longer hours, helping to make arrests and connect with neighbors. police officers took cookouts and picnics throughout the city. >> people can see as giving back, and enable it will want to give back themselves. -- and maybe they will wt to give back themselves

she died a short time later at the university of maryland shock trauma center. family members say she was recently diagnosed with lupus. this began around 3:40 p.m. thursday. members of the auto theft task force were doing surveillance work knew martin luther king jr. boulevard. they spotted a honda accord that was reported stolen. >> the driver of the vehicle took off at a higher rate of speed. one of the supervisors of the task force told the rest of the unit and not to follow the driver. -- driver to be radically. >> -- too eratically. >> the family of kiera mckay are remembering her as friendly and kind. she graduated from randallstown, school. she is survived by her parents, a six year-old daughter, and two sisters. >> some good news for people who travel. the busy intersection of northern parkway and crawford is repaired after the water main break closure closed one of the lanes. traffic is moving once again. >> on the northeast side of the city, authorities are dealing with another water main break which erupted at 10:30 a.m. yesterday morning. our reporte

we're at the yale university press book with the director of yale university press. at do you have coming out this fall? >> i've got a number of great books for the fall starting with the making of americans by e.d.hirsch i think you probably remember wrote a bestselling book called cultural literacy and he cares very much about what role education has in actually defining what it is to be american. and this book is sort of, i think, a capstone of his career which has included many best sellers and many decades of activism and education to talk about the centrality of information and knowledge and what it means to have a shared corpus of knowledge and how important it is to our national identity and how it's being threatened by the way education seems to be splintered across the country. it has a lot of argument and advocacy, a lot of ways to look forward to what the new administration can do about education. >> the other book you have g.a. bradshaw elephants on the edge. what they teach us about humanity? >> this is a really marvelous book. it's very moving, very tou

. >> hundreds turned out to cheer or blast the president's universal health care ideas. many often interrupted the debate. the centre card in the attempted to debunk some common complaint about a proposal -- senator cardin attempted to debunk some common complaints about the proposal. >> we are not going to include those who are undocumented in the system. >> he wanted to be more efficient and cheaper, so you want the government to do it? c'mon kva katrina, medicare, medicaid anyone? >> i lose sleep every night about health care. i have had times when a job was lost and suddenly was out and my sense issues went from 30 bucks to $900. [lq>> without a plan we will bn trouble because insurance companies dumped you. >> the government is in competition, and when it takes on another entity it takes on -- it becomes an entity itself and drives competition out of the marketplace. >> the only issue that is not on the table is status quo. >> 500 people packed the room tonight and there were still more outside. the governor -- of the senators said he was happy there was such a turn

. >> august 31, the university of maryland college park will have many new and returning students. the veterans are finding out that the first few weeks of school may not be as smooth as they thought. >> everyone needs the money. >> they are talking about the new post 9/11 gi bill. it went into place august 1. >> it gives over $1,000 a month to help. now the fees are going straight to the university and the housing is coming to some of the stillness. >> it is good news for many veterans, the response has been overwhelming. >> the numbers are going up and up. of claims have not been processed. there are tens of thousands of applications. >> payments to the school and the student could be delayed. bake at last up to 10 weeks. they have received 140,000 benefit claims. by thousand enrollment claims have also been received. they expect more. they say the veteran affairs has reached out to the states and schools to strongly encourage them to demonstrate flexibility when working with students receiving these education benefits. the university of maryland said it will take care of the tuit

. >> the university of maryland's school of medicine is the lead center in this national swine's loop -- swine flu boxing. >> 1, 2, 3, take a deep breath. >> the first clinical trials began at the university of maryland school of medicine. >> this one flu seems more unpredictable because it seems to strike young people bettethae relatively healthy. >> anything that we can do to stop the flow would be an advantage. >> researchers tried to figure out if the vaccine is safe. >> basically, we will come away with this understanding how much vaccine, how many doses and how quickly. what happens in here will determine when the general public will be recognized. >> the vaccinations will start with an estimated 2.5 million americans most at risk. >> this vaccine changes the way people are being treated. it will save hundreds of thousands of lives all the world and i can say i was part of that. " baltimore is one of -- >> 2200 people have signed up to take part in three different studies. reporting live, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore city police continued to search for a list one suspect who at

. >>> the university of maryland takes center stage in the global fight against the h1n1 virus.ical community is taking the lead. researchers have begun testing a vaccine on hundreds of volunteers. >> reporter: doctors here at the university of maryland medical center have been busy injecting volunteers from a vaccine they hope will protect the entire country, if not the whole world. >> as a boy, arthur was a test patient for the vaccine for polio. this time, he's a test patient. >> i'm not worried. >> reporter: but health officials worry. if vaccinations aren't made now, they are worried that it could spread more in the fall. since its outbreak, it has been responsible for more than 1100 deaths. >> the more they talk about this, it's something you start thinking, maybe i should be concerned about this. >> reporter: allison is one of dozens of volunteers who began showing up this morning where doctors briefed them on the vaccine. >> reporter: doctors will be being look -- will be looking at how much vaccine the body needs and whether they need more than one dose. >> reporter: it

gm used consistently described as one of the most wired universities and america. practically, what does that mean? >> guest: it has been involved in information technology. this begins by supporting the information technology community, also making sure we have plenty of technology on campus to support our students, faculty and staff. we take information technology very seriously. it probably doesn't hurt that i, as the president, and a computer scientist. we view these technologies for our students and faculty, like the council of old, you have got to have them, it is fascinating

and as the school year begins, prevention takes on a renewed urgency. at one university they're treating sick students as if they do have swine flu, erring on the side of caution. our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, is here, and she's actually starting to hear about suspected new cases daily. so, really, we're talking about the spread, bottom line, not necessarily the number of cases, but how it's spreading. >> right. and not surprising when students gather together at college campuses, once again, you'll see more spread of this disease. anytime you get lots of people in one place, that's what's going to happen. so, let's just -- i'm going to throw out a couple of the numbers we've been hearing today. at the university of kansas, cases of 180 students with flu-like symptoms. right there, you see their isolation room where they're putting some rooms who are sick. at the university of georgia, 58 folks confirmed with influenza type "a," they don't know if it's h1n1. and at georgia tech, they see -- here in atlanta, they're seeing about 100 cases of suspected